I want to hear the Champions League music at Newcastle, Cabaye backs Pardew's men for top four finish

Yohan Cabaye sees no reason why Newcastle cannot qualify for the Champions League next season.

Newcastle could climb above Spurs if they win their next game after the Londoners lost at home to Norwich on Monday.

And in an intriguing next round of fixtures, the race for fourth spot will hot up on April 21 when the Magpies face Stoke City at home, Spurs travel to relegation-haunted Queens Park Rangers and Arsenal take on Chelsea in a lunchtime game with three teams fighting for the last spot in the Champions League.

Going all the way: Yohan Cabaye sees no reason why Newcastle can't make the Champions League next season

Cabaye has played in the Champions League with Lille and hopes that Georg Frideric Handel’s ‘Zadok the Priest’ will be blaring out at St James’ Park for the first time since 2003.

He said: ‘Hearing that music, it’s a very good feeling – I couldn’t imagine just how good it would be to hear the Champions League music at this stadium with our fans.

‘If our mentality stays the same then why not? We have to go match by match.

‘The next one is against Stoke and be fit for that, then Wigan, then Chelsea… that’s all we can do.’

And a Europa League position is likely to be secured for the sixth-placed team should Liverpool beat Everton in Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final – a result that will take a place in Europe back to the Premier League as the Reds have already booked their spot via the Carling Cup, and Chelsea and Spurs are looking good for automatic places too.

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Cabaye joked in the Newcastle Chronicle: ‘All of the Newcastle players will be like Liverpool fans on Saturday.

‘We’re all going to support Liverpool.

‘But even if Everton get to the final – no problem.

‘We still have five games and we can still do the best for the fans to get the results we need.’